Which to use
“démolie” and “démolis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,999
- “démolie” frequency rank
- #35,912
- “démolis” frequency rank
- 70911
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | démolie | démolis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de démolir. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de démolir. |
Same sound, different letters: démolie vs démolis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. démolie (CVCVCVV) and démolis (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - démolie / démolis
This is the hard kind. démolie and démolis are pronounced identically (\de.mɔ.li\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “démolie” becomes s in “démolis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
démolie is recorded at frequency rank #34,999, classified as averb, pronounced \de.mɔ.li\. démolis is at rank #35,912, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.mɔ.li\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 70911, this pair ranks #49,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of démolie vs démolis
Shared letters: dilmoé. Private to "démolie": e. Private to "démolis": s.
"démolie" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "démolis" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "démolie" and "démolis" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "démolie" vs "démolis" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "démolie" / "démolis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "démolie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "démolis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "démolie" and "démolis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "démolis vs démolit". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #49,524 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.